Three days ago, after two months of turmoil, the German advisory group led by Rommel and a squadron of Brandenburg special forces led by Marcos finally arrived in Tokyo.
It would not have taken so long, but at this time Britain and France had declared war on Germany, and the British Royal Navy had blocked the English Channel and Suez Canal. Therefore, Rommel and the others could not directly go to sea by boat, but first took the land route to Austria.
Then to Italy, then to Africa.
Because it was such a big circle, it took a full two months.
After two days of rest and recovery, today Xianyin Gong Zairen officially summoned Rommel's advisory group at the War Department to discuss the plan.
What big plan? Naturally, it’s the big plan for the Far East battlefield.
The Japanese base camp has really made up its mind this time, risking the fate of the country to achieve a breakthrough in the Far East battlefield, and then turn around and concentrate on resolving the incident in China! This is undoubtedly a decisive battle, and what gives the Japanese the greatest confidence is
It is the advisory group led by Rommel. Logically speaking, it is very stupid and risky to pin the fate of one's own country on the advisory groups sent by other countries, but Japan has no choice!
If the Chinese battlefield and the Far Eastern battlefield are allowed to continue to rot, Japan will sooner or later be dragged down and dragged to death! But if it fights hard, it may still be able to fight its way out! Should it be dragged down bit by bit to death, or should it rise up and fight to the death?
It seems that it is not difficult to choose a bloody route. Anyone with some ability to judge will choose the latter.
In order to show the respect of the Japanese, Kanin Miyazaihito personally came to wait outside the gate of the War Ministry building. Following behind Kanin Miyazaihito were Army Minister Juichi Terauchi, Army Deputy Secretary Kuniaki Oiso, and others who were about to take office.
The commander of the Kwantung Army Armored Corps - Yamashita Tomofumi!
Behind the four people, there was a large group of army major generals.
In this battle, the Japanese can be said to have gathered stars.
While waiting, Kanin Gong Zairen suddenly remembered and asked Koiso Kuniaki: "Oiso-kun, you must do a good job in keeping the German advisory group's arrival confidential."
"Hai!" Oiso Kuni Shoton said, "Your Highness, rest assured that the confidentiality work has been arranged. We only claim to be a diplomatic mission of Germany to the outside world. No one will know that this is the German sun condemnation advisory group."
"Yo Xi." Xianyuan Gong Zairen nodded happily and added, "There are also adjustments to the China strategy. It is best to have a reasonable rhetoric to the outside world."
"Your Highness, this has been arranged." Terauchi Shouichi took over the words and said, "The external propaganda is to shrink the troops from the frontal battlefield and launch a large-scale security war against the CCP guerrillas in the enemy's rear battlefield, especially the Baotou base area where Xu Rui is entrenched.
It is the key target of the imperial army. I have instructed Ananjun to temporarily expand the structure of the Mongolian army from the previous two divisions and one independent mixed brigade to five divisions and four independent mixed brigades."
"Yo Xi." Xianyuan Gong Zairen nodded and said, "Well done."
While he was talking, a motorcade came meandering down the street.
"Here we come." Xianyuan Gong Zairen straightened up immediately upon seeing this.
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In the carriage, Rommel was staring intently at the map of the Far East in front of him.
The Germans were famous for their seriousness. Since Rommel took on the title of chief advisor of the Japanese Advisory Group, he immediately took the difficulties faced by the Japanese army as his own business. After leaving Berlin, he began to study
Two months have passed since the war in the Far East. By the time he arrived in Tokyo, he already knew the terrain of the Far East very well, and he also had a clear picture of the situation of the Soviet and Japanese troops on the battlefield in the Far East.
In fact, Rommel had already thought about how this battle should be fought.
However, this is just a rough idea of Rommel. Whether it can be finally implemented depends on the strength of the armored cluster of the Japanese Kwantung Army and the mobility capabilities of the various infantry divisions of the Kwantung Army. If the armored cluster of the Kwantung Army is not enough,
If the infantry division is strong and the mobility capability is insufficient, then this idea cannot be realized.
Captain Lange, who was sitting next to him, suddenly asked: "General, do you really think the Japanese army can carry out a blitzkrieg?"
Captain Lange is Rommel's adjutant, a member of the advisory group, and Rommel's full-time Japanese translator. Because he studied in Japan, he is quite familiar with the Japanese army's rigidity and dogma. In his opinion, Japan
It is simply impossible for people to accept such a radical military idea as Blitzkrieg.
Rommel smiled slightly and said: "Captain Lange, there is no army in the world that cannot fight blitzkrieg, but there are only commanders who do not understand blitzkrieg, let alone command blitzkrieg!"
Langer shook his head and said: "General, I hope you will still think so after coming into contact with the Japanese."
"I'm full of confidence in this." Rommel smiled slightly and added, "Otherwise, the Japanese Army Ministry wouldn't bother to invite us to Japan, right?"
Lange shrugged and changed the subject: "Your Excellency General, if the Kwantung Army is replaced by the German army, how many troops do you need to destroy the Soviet Far East Army?"
"That's an interesting question. Let me think about it." Rommel smiled slightly, and did a simple calculation in his mind, and then said with certainty, "I think there can be four armored divisions plus ten."
A motorized infantry division is enough to wipe out the 500,000 Soviet Red Army troops in the Far East. But if you want to wipe out the 700,000 Soviet troops in Siberia, you will need at least ten armored divisions plus 20 motorized infantry troops.
division."
Langer added: "The Soviet Far East Front is divided into two clusters, the Far East Cluster and the Siberia Cluster. If the General has ten armored divisions and twenty motorized infantry divisions, which cluster should be attacked first?"
"Captain Lange, you are wrong, there is no need to shoot two." Rommel said with a smile, "Just one is enough."
"Is it enough to hit only one?" Lange asked blankly, "Which one? Why is it enough to hit just one?"
Rommel smiled and said: "If I have ten armored divisions and twenty motorized infantry divisions, and the military quality of these troops is not weaker than the German army, then I will do this!"
After speaking, Rommel picked up a pencil and drew an arc on the map.
Finally, draw a tip at the end of the arc to form an arrow.
When Langer looked closely, he saw that the arrow did not start from Manchuria, but from Beiping, China, heading northwest across the Mongolian Plateau, and straight into the hinterland behind Irkutsk. Langer made a rough estimate
Distance, I found that the length of this arrow was at least more than two thousand kilometers, and I couldn't help but be a little stunned.
Langer said in surprise: "Your Majesty General, isn't this charge a bit far?"
"Is it far? No!" Rommel shook his head and said, "If I can have ten armored divisions and twenty motorized infantry divisions, it will not be difficult to achieve this tactical goal."
After a pause, Rommel added: "If this tactical goal is achieved, the 700,000 Soviet Red Army troops gathered in Irkutsk will become a turtle in the urn. Once the 700,000 Soviet troops in the Western Group are wiped out, the 700,000 Soviet troops in the Eastern Group will be wiped out.
The 500,000 Soviet troops were left alone and had no other choice but to surrender."
Lange said: "Then let us see how powerful and ambitious the Japanese are."
Rommel turned his gaze out of the car window and happened to see the Ministry of War building and a large group of senior Japanese generals lining up at the gate. He smiled and said: "Soon, we will know."
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In Baotou, the headquarters of the Chahar Independent Regiment.
Wang Husheng called Shadow all afternoon, but there was still no response.
After confirming that there was no chance that Shadow would reply, Wang Husheng returned to the conference room and said to Xu Rui and Leng Tiefeng, who were discussing the battle plan: "Old Xu, Shadow did not respond."
Xu Rui said: "It seems that something is really wrong with Shadow."
Leng Tiefeng immediately said: "Then let him prepare to accept punishment."
They still have information about Nakamura Jun. As long as the recording is released, Nakamura Jun and even the entire Nakamura family will immediately suffer disaster!
Xu Rui shook his head and said, "It's not urgent."
Wang Husheng continued: "Old Xu, although there was no response from Shadow, I still contacted the underground party organizations lurking in Peiping and Tianjin with my party. According to the news they fed back, the Japs are shrinking their troops from the frontal battlefield this time.
It is indeed to deal with our base areas behind enemy lines, especially our Chahar Independent Regiment, which is their key target. It is said that the strength of the troops stationed in Mongolia will be expanded to five divisions and four independent mixed brigades."
"Five divisions plus four independent mixed brigades?" Leng Tiefeng said sternly, "These two old devils, Anami Yuki and Okabe Naosaburo, really think highly of us."
Wang Husheng nodded and said, "So, my opinion is, we should go all out to prepare for counter-mopping up."
After a pause, Wang Husheng continued: "After all, our manpower and material resources are limited, and the intensity of the upcoming wave of raids can be predicted to be beyond our imagination, and even the two battles of Songhu will pale in comparison. Therefore, we
Limited manpower and material investment should be invested in counter-mopping preparations."
Leng Tiefeng immediately turned his attention to Xu Rui, and Xu Rui had to make the final decision on this matter.
Wang Husheng also looked at Xu Rui solemnly. Even though he often argued with Xu Rui and used the political commissar's veto power to veto some of Xu Rui's decisions from time to time, at critical moments, he would still trust him without reservation.
Xu Rui's judgment and respect Xu Rui's decision! He is also waiting for Xu Rui to make the final decision.
Xu Rui put his hands behind his back and started pacing back and forth. This was undoubtedly a difficult decision.
After a long while, Xu Rui suddenly stopped and punched the table hard.
